This is a Japanese film starring Tatsuya Fuji-san who had made a name for himself in the erotic biography "In the Realm of the Senses (1976)".
The current film is of a similar genre why he must have been cast. Apart from his tremendous acting abilities of course!
The film theme is the typical adultery and conspired murder of the spouse. A theme explored by great playwrights and filmmakers alike. Oshima-San may be one of the earliest in the previous century.
The next key factor in the theme is the appearance of the husband's ghost. This too happens in a lot of the horror films. What's different here - and keeps us glued - through most of the film was that the ghost is not vengeful. You may dismiss it as hallucination except that it comes in the dreams of most of the villagers.
You keep wondering what's going to happen next only to find that the ghost indeed makes the wife go blind. And that the two lovers are in the end tortured until they confess. A very disappointing anti-climax for sure. And just after the depth of their love is proved in multiple scenes...
An otherwise landmark film let down by its ending..
The current film is of a similar genre why he must have been cast. Apart from his tremendous acting abilities of course!
The film theme is the typical adultery and conspired murder of the spouse. A theme explored by great playwrights and filmmakers alike. Oshima-San may be one of the earliest in the previous century.
The next key factor in the theme is the appearance of the husband's ghost. This too happens in a lot of the horror films. What's different here - and keeps us glued - through most of the film was that the ghost is not vengeful. You may dismiss it as hallucination except that it comes in the dreams of most of the villagers.
You keep wondering what's going to happen next only to find that the ghost indeed makes the wife go blind. And that the two lovers are in the end tortured until they confess. A very disappointing anti-climax for sure. And just after the depth of their love is proved in multiple scenes...
An otherwise landmark film let down by its ending..